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Betty Welter fonds
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Alaska Highway Accident

A military construction truck over-turned in the ditch beside the newly-constructed Alaska Highway.

Betty Welter fonds

  • CA GPR 0129
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1880-2007]

The fonds consists of school memorabilia and paper artefacts from Betty’s childhood, building the Welter family home, and her volunteer activities; certificates and news clippings detailing Betty’s activities with the Canadian Red Cross, and a book of minutes from the Local Association (Mother’s Auxiliary) of Guides, Brownies and Rangers from 1965-1970; a writing portfolio of biographies of the Smart family and Jack Welter, as well as memories of incidents which happened in her childhood, her teenage years and years as a young wife including income tax forms from 1943-1973; a wide subject range of photographs, from local Grande Prairie scenes and people to the construction of the Alaska Highway; and research files containing material researched for the archives: Miller’s Taxi; Teen Town; and a publication "The Inside Track" which traces the history of Union Tractor which Betty's husband Jack worked for. An accrual in 2010 consists of plans and blueprints of the Welter house and their duplex.

Welter, Betty

Bundle/Hay Sweep

Forward view of bundle/hay sweep made by Jack Welter and Gerard Tissington from the Flying Shot Lake district. It had a hydraulic lift and was used for gathering bundles or loose hay.

Bundle/Hay Sweep

Side view of bundle/hay sweep made by Jack Welter and Gerard Tissington from the Flying Shot Lake district. It had a hydraulic lift and was used for gathering bundles or loose hay.

Camp for U.S. Troops

Log cabins which made up the U.S. army camp near Dawson Creek during the building of the Alaska Highway.

Cat & Cat Skinner

Caterpillar tractor and operator at work clearing land for the Alaska Highway.

Caterpillar Tractor Parade Float

Pete Gammon, manager of Caterpillar Tractor, pushing a wheelbarrow in the Fair Day Parade in front of Rodacker's Garage.

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